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This book reports on recent research into university students' experiences of studying and learning in engineering. In particular the book considers the impact that first-year experiences of studying...

In parallel with the apparent ineffectiveness of the police agencies against rising crime rates, community policing emerged as an alternative to traditional policing starting in the late 1970s and...

Contingency Screening Techniques and Electric Grid VulnerabilitiesAuthor: Anurag SrivastavaPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jul 03, 2008Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding:...

Continuous Assessment in SwazilandAuthor: Hibajene ShandomoPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 10, 2008Number of Pages: 196 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The utilization of materials for the preparation of fibers and textiles began at the beginning of civilization and extended until the 20th centruy when steam driven machinery revolutionized the...

Contour and Texture for Visual Recognition of Object CategoriesAuthor: Jamie ShottonPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 13, 2008Number of Pages: 152 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The problem of conflicting standard terms in international contracts is a widespread phenomenon. The problem is aggravated as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of...

The extent of work and type of work being contracted out in government is growing in magnitude. Government agencies wrestle with the effect this has on government operations as the daily work of many...

Contrast of the French and German Approaches to e-DemocracyAuthor: Sandra VergnollePublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jun 26, 2008Number of Pages: 100 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Learning to change is difficult, complex, and takes time. Why is this so? How can such learning to change be facilitated? Exploring learning to change, from a viewpoint which values having an...

The monitoring and control of infectious animal diseases, limiting or prevention of their spread and efforts towards their eventual eradication are central tasks of the veterinary civil service. In...

Control of Nonlinear Mechatronic Systems - Control and modeling of nonlinear systems with applications in roboticsAuthor: Enver TatliciogluPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jan...

Many real-life phenomena, such as computer systems, communication networks, manufacturing systems, supermarket checkout lines can be represented by means of queueing models. The queues with a...

This book addresses the many controversies that beset the practice of counselling/psychotherapy. It does this by investigating the ethical principles that underlie therapeutic practice, in order to...

This study explores how narcissistic attention seeking behaviors in face-to-face conversation contribute to marital quality and partner's mental health over the transition to parenthood. Narcissism,...

Psychology has historically failed to address matters of spirituality and cultural diversity. These voids are beginning to be addressed, but missing in the literature are descriptions of the...

The practice of placing undergraduate education students under the supervision and mentorship of K-12 teachers has long been valued as the culminating experience of teacher preparation programs. In...

Alzheimer's, like a thief in the night, slowly steals the mind until only an empty shell remains. In a little over four decades, over 100 million individuals worldwide will fall victims to...

Copulas provide us with a tool for constructing multivariate distri-butions with arbitrary marginal distributions and a wide range of dependence structures. The aim of this book is to describe what...

Copyright Barriers of Electronic CommerceAuthor: N?a SzucsPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Apr 25, 2008Number of Pages: 80 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Core / Shell ParticlesAuthor: Hussein EtmimiPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 19, 2008Number of Pages: 148 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639083172ISBN-13:...

One of the most important agents aiming to link labor standards and international trade agreements in the WTO have been U.S. administra-tions. However, the U.S. support was surprisingly discontinued...

The main goal of this book is to explain the way in which accounting practices that are constantly in transition generate the information that is disclosed in corporate annual reports (CARS). The...

Corporate Blogs and Communications in Relationship ManagementAuthor: Ann Katrin DeterdingPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Mar 04, 2008Number of Pages: 84 pagesBinding:...

Very little empirical research exists that attempts to measure the effectiveness of corporate governance on innovativeness. For this it is crucial to consider the two main approaches (agency theory...

Business scandals have triggered a debate about the influence of financial markets on corporate governance. This challenging book by Nikolaus Wolfmeyer adresses the key questions: What does...

The purpose of this book is to find out whether a favourable corporate image is important prior to a PR-crisis. The methodology is a critical review of the literature, as well as a description of how...

In the last decade, CEOs increasingly recognized that intangible assets may provide a more stable basis for competitive advantage than patents and technologies. Hence, companies started to invest in...

Economic developments of the last several decades have changed the economic and social structures of industrialized and developing countries, leading to new business opportunities but also to...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Production TechnologiesAuthor: Philipp GagglPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 19, 2008Number of Pages: 200 pagesBinding:...